SMALL BLOCK HEADS

You’re not listening. I said “port for port”. Take the valve angle out of it, and the SBC PORT is better. The 18 degree valve angle is what makes the weaker SBM port make more power.

You can’t just look at one aspect of any head and claim one is better than the other without looking at valve angle, port angle, cross section, chamber shape, plug location, pushrod pinch etc. It all adds up.

Again, port for port, the SBC port is better.

I watched that video. There was much that UT nailed. He has figured out that building big inch small blocks with OE architecture is a bad thing. Something I’ve known for decades, and have written many times here.

That’s the biggest take away from that video.

His flame test is iffy at best. It takes about 15 minutes on a flow bench using various pressure drops to see the issues with the SBM exhaust ports.
Look at a lq9 or any new al chevy heads.... they sure aren't short and squatty like those old lt1 pos's are they? They are tall and narrow and they made no mistake about putting the injector path in the top.
If you've had a lt1 on the bench, ported even, it won't do what the j head will in the right hands. Stock 2.02 915 heads I have right here do 228cfm max . 906 heads stock w/2.08 do the same.